Oakland Raiders general manager Reggie McKenzie used his first three NFL draft picks on defensive players and six of the team’s nine on that side of the ball.
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Perhaps one reason Oakland general manager Reggie McKenzie is so confident in his evaluation of Gareon Conley’s character is how well the Raiders have drafted and signed when it comes to limiting such off-field issues.
On the day lifelong fan Tom Hanks disagreed with Oakland’s move to Las Vegas, the Raiders drafted a player with the sort of silver and black cloud hovering over his resume that defines the pick as risky and, well, a bit arrogant.
UNLV basketball received the sort of news not usually expected from a team coming off the worst season in program history with the commitment of a five-star prospect.
A senior infielder for Palo Verde, Ally Snelling’s journey to West Point is born from a sense of devotion to country rarely found in someone so young.
Despite economic and social and diplomatic tensions within South Korea, if things remain similar to the political climate of today, the last thing that should occur is moving the games elsewhere.
Desiree Reed-Francois was incredibly impressive, and it’s now obvious why and how she annihilated the competition to become UNLV’s next athletic director when the process reached final interviews.
It’s the smartest journey for players and coaches to travel, given it’s both unsure exactly when the Raiders will arrive in Southern Nevada and, really, who among the current roster will accompany them.
UNLV was negotiating a contract to make Desiree Reed-Francois the school’s next athletic director and, unless things stall, an official announcement could come as early as Monday.
If it’s true the best coaches in sports are those who overcame limited athletic gifts to produce successful playing careers, the Golden Knights couldn’t have found a better one than Gerard Gallant.
While it’s always a pleasing sound for basketball coaches when a fax machine signals the impending arrival of a signed letter of intent, welcoming new players to your program in 2017 now comes with a hint of apprehension.
For the 35th time, the Triple-A team of Las Vegas on Tuesday welcomed the season’s home opening crowd to Cashman Field, a gathering of 8,451 to witness the 51s whip Fresno.
There are two sides of the coin to this Kenny Sanchez story, the first being a head coach of the nation’s best prep football program being arrested on a domestic battery charge and the other the school that employs him.
Marvin Menzies hadn’t been hired at this time last year, a few days removed from the national championship, and inheriting a program with three scholarship players generated predictable results.
The Tar Heels have a sixth national championship and are deserving in the sense they proved to be the better of two teams hardly at their best and yet never permitted to be Monday night.
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